Configure-to-Order & Product Configuration worked example

Quote Accuracy Score with quote error severity rating of 3.5 score: a worked example in configure-to-order & product configuration

Here is what the math looks like when conditions slip. We hold every other input steady and drop quote error severity rating to 3.5 score, then walk the calculation through step by step. Rank quote accuracy risk for configure-to-order pricing, options, discounts, and BOM assumptions.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Quote error severity rating: 3.5 score (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 7)
  • Quote error occurrence rating: 4 score (held at the documented default)
  • Quote error detection difficulty rating: 5 score (held at the documented default)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Quote Accuracy Score risk priority score = quote accuracy severity score × quote accuracy occurrence score × quote accuracy detection difficulty score.
  • quote accuracy score risk priority score works out to 4.05 score at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • quote accuracy severity score works out to 3.5 score at these inputs.
  • quote accuracy occurrence score works out to 4 score at these inputs.
  • quote accuracy detection difficulty score works out to 5 score at these inputs.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where quote error severity rating sits at 7 score and the headline result is 5.45 score, this scenario comes in 25.69% below the baseline at 4.05 score.
  • The practical read: the gap between this scenario and the baseline is entirely attributable to quote error severity rating, so recovering it is worth quantifying in dollars before considering equipment or staffing changes. The score is only as good as the rating judgments behind it; identical numeric scores can mask very different real-world risks, so use it to rank, not to set absolute thresholds.

Results at a glance

  • quote accuracy score risk priority score: 4.05 score (headline result)
  • quote accuracy severity score: 3.5 score
  • quote accuracy occurrence score: 4 score
  • quote accuracy detection difficulty score: 5 score

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Quote Accuracy Score calculator, set quote error severity rating to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.